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B. L. BOBROFF.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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T 'all 'whom t mag/concern Be it known that l, BoRNTi L. Bonsoir, e. citizen or the United States, and resident oi ll/iiltvenlree, in the county of lMlilwaukee end of Wisconsin, have invented certain. new enel useful Improvements in .Ve hicle Signal Apparatus; and I do hereby declore that the following is e full, cleer,`encl exact description tliereof.

This invention relates to the subject of signaling apparatus for vehicles,enol `hes speciel relation to signaling apparatus of the 4type"that ere epplieclto vehicles for' indi- .eating the direction or" travel of the vehicle.

The primary aim 'of the invention isfto produce e signaling apparatus that may be cerriecl byy the front or dash of e vehicle enel operated from Within the vehicle to progiect thev signal outward relative to the vehicle to indicate the direction of travel, means being provided whereby the signel may be illuminated, and meenselso be provided whereby the projecting and retrecting movements of the signal ere cushioned against shocks and jars incidental to such movements.

A 'simple and thoroughly practical embodiinent of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure' l is e view in front elevation of e. motor vehicle equipped with the improved. signel. Fig. 2 is e vertical sectional view teken on the line 2-2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is e verticel sectional viewr teken on the line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. el is e detail transverse sectional vievv teken on the line 4 4, Fig; 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, l designates e. casing having rearwardly projecting supporting arms 2 efleptefl to be suitably ettache tothe clash-A hoercl of a vehicle. The casing is provided with e removable front plete 3 and hes its' top sliepecl to provide e guidingchennel Il that extends the full length of said top, the bottom central portion of the chennel 4 be ing provided. With e slot 6 that'communicotes with the interior of the casing At one enel, en enlarged housing 7 cerriefl by the channel e, seid casing or housing l lloeing open et its outer end.

the channel l'threefglif'tlne ,s 'the .reali l@ oi' e signal it.slieltSeX-I .Y tends transversely across the cesing l enti thst by manipulating switco. the magnets .hes e gear 9 fest thereon thet extends into Genot engages l is sliet'Jv f resented ring. se,

Application filed August 2B, 1915. Serial No. 47,5%.

torni e pinion' 13 thet is in mesh with the rack let carried by en erin l projecting from the core 16 of e pair of magnets 1T and 18. The magnets l? and 18 are of the solenoni type, enel lieve threaded engagements 19 with the recesses 2O formed in opposite sides of the bese portion of the casing l. The bese wells of the recesses 20 ere pro vided with openings :2l through which the core i6 of the magnets i7 and 18 is slideble. and seicl Wells are also provided with vent openings The central chambers of the magnets lieve e cushioning plug 23 in tlieir outer ends, the plugs being each provided with e conical recess 23a the inner enel of which. is in communication with e vent pessege 2i. lWithin the chambers of the msgnets, the core carries heads 25 which ere preferably removable, the heads Q5 beingv oit the seme shape es the recesses :3a. Cusiions 2o, which may be in. the torni of springs, carried by the-core and disposed so thet they Will prevent 'the erin i5 mining into forcible contact with cesses 23a.

The l1 is hollow anal carries :i removable heeel 27. The heeel 2751s provided. with binding posts 28 having forwardly projecting,- conicol plugs 29 adapted to en gege conical sockets 29 mounted in recesses 3G of en upperprojecting portion 31 of cesing l, the sockets being cerrietl by binding posts 32 slicleble in seid recesses against the tension of springs which are coilefl about seid posts. scent the heed 2'?, erm 1l is :orov'iderl with e. circuit wire outlet Se.

The magnets 17 and i8 are energized. through the wires end battery 37, e," switch being interposed in'tlie circuit to selectively energize the magnets. il lemp 39 is disposed within the signal 12, the lmnp heving'circilit Wires l0 that extend through.

the Wells of re the erm il and outlet 3e to the binding posts 2S. The inhaling posts 32 have cirv cuit connections fil-ft2 with tlle battery 3'?,

vthe circuitfbeing controlled by e switch From the foregoing it will be understood 1?-18 will be selectively energized :incl

thereby conse the signal l2 to be projecterl Gil iso

-throogh the heads and the cushioning Athrough .the employment of the vent openings 22 and 24. The outward movement of vthe signal arm 1l is arrested near the completion of such movement by Contact of the plugs 29 with the yielding sockets 29%. The illumination of the signal is obtained by manipulatin the switch 43 and to ineke the lump visi le when energized, un opening A isnformed therein. in this connection it is to be understood that While the signal has been shown provided with the opening 4:4,

such could be omitted if desired and the sig. nal be formed. of transparent materiel.

I claim as" my invention A signal apparatus for vehicles comprismg e casing, opposed magnets carried by the casing, bearings at adjacent ends of said `mediate lateral arm on the bar, springs on the bar between the arm and bearings and movable signal member and an operative connection between the erm und` signal member for moving the latter,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my band at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

BORN ETT L. BOBROFF.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. YOUNG, M, E. DoWNEY. h 

